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Prizes are like butterflies, colorful butterflies that fly away. I don't believe in prizes much.

There is something so arbitrary about prizes.

Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile - they never do.

Prize lists are out, and you're not on them? Nature of the world - means nothing. Prizes are a lottery.

I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition.

I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought.

In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.

The worth of a prize depends on the people who have received it before you.

I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.

I didn't do my work for money or prizes - only for the excitement of discovery.